Kobo Aura One patch: Battery drain and OverDrive issues said to be fixed

Not getting as much battery life from your Kobo Aura One as you’d expect? A new fix from Kobo will address that issue and others such as better OverDrive integration.

The company is sending out over-the-air updates (firmware version 4.1.7729) starting with North American customers. You may not see the fix immediately. A Kobo tech support staffer said that here in the U.S., the update might take as long as ten days.

Here’s a MobileRead thread on the update, with information for people who want to download and install the update now.

The update will also help owners of the Aura Edition 2.

Related: Apparently the One is selling briskly. It’s out of stock until October 14.

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3 thoughts on “Kobo Aura One patch: Battery drain and OverDrive issues said to be fixed”

No, it’s not fixed – on my 3rd device with different hardware issues, all of them had the drain issue though.
The update makes no difference – the reader will discharge within 24 hours. My tablet does better and that has an IPS screen.

I have had no excessive battery drain with my Aura One which I received from Kobo on 9/28. The update came thru last week and things are working fine. I turned off the option for the sleepcover to be able to wake/sleep the device and at night power off completely. I can charge the device to 100% and by morning it is still at full charge. My light is at the highest 3%, natural light at half and wifi on. Sync set for afternoon and auto off set for one hour. You just wonder whysome are affected and some are not.